2018 Regular Session (Louisiana Session Laws)
- Act 536, HB 51 – ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides an exception from dual officeholding laws to allow a certified public accountant to hold an office on a school board and employment with a sheriff to provide financial or accounting services
- Act 528, SB 265 – COURTS: Provides for minimum standards for elevator access to multistory courthouses for the disabled community
- Act 522, SB 152 – EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides relative to information provided with the release of school performance scores and letter grades
- Act 604, SB 495 – CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to parole eligibility
- Act 526, SB 238 – REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Authorizes the Department of Revenue to seek to enjoin preparers who engage in certain conduct
- Act 581, SB 561 – HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Creates the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Act
- Act 566, SB 94 – PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides that public entities are liable for interest due for failure to pay progressive stage or final payments on public contracts under certain conditions
- Act 649, SB 129 – FAMILY LAW: Provides relative to foster care children in high school
- Act 585, HB 754 – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to certain veteran-owned small entrepreneurships
- Act 512, HB 270 – PUBLIC RECORDS: Exempts specified personally identifying information related to reports of violations of student codes of conduct or other policies intended for the safety of students or employees of postsecondary education institutions from the Public Records Law
- Act 716, HB 898 – MENTAL HEALTH: Provides relative to threats of violence or terrorism at elementary and secondary schools, including investigation and reporting thereof and required mental health evaluations
- Act 605, SB 500 – CLERKS OF COURT: Provides relative to group insurance expenses for certain clerks of court
- Act 603, SB 480 – GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM: Provides with respect to the Office of Group Benefits
- Act 710, HB 734 – MEDICAID: Requires reporting of data on healthcare provider claims submitted to Medicaid managed care organizations
- Act 642, HB 379 – FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the transfer, deposit, and use of certain treasury funds
- Act 659, SB 289 – TAX/AD VALOREM: Provides relative to the special assessment level for, and exemptions for disabled veterans and their spouses, and for surviving spouses of military personnel, law enforcement and fire protection officers, and first responders from, ad valorem tax purposes on homesteads when naked ownership...
- Act 613, HB 13 – RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides relative to the reemployment of retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana
- Act 608, SB 542 – TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the levy, collection, and distribution of an additional hotel and motel tax of one percent by the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Act 577, SB 202 – NURSES: Provides relative to the Nurse Licensure Compact
- Act 713, HB 645 – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to emergency and disaster management
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Act 654, SB 248 – CHILDREN'S CODE: Revises definition of "children" in the Children's Code
AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Art. 804(1)(b), relative to juvenile court jurisdiction; to amend the definition of "child" for purposes of delinquency proceedings; to provide relative to juvenile court jurisdiction over delinquent acts committed by seventeen-year-olds; and to provide for related matters
- Act 661, SB 319 – STATE AGENCIES: Abolishes boards and commissions, authorities, districts, and like entities that are inactive
- Act 690, HB 683 – DISTRICTS/NEIGHBORHOOD: Provides relative to the Upper Audubon Security District in Orleans Parish
- Act 621, HB 160 – CORONERS: Provides relative to death investigation documents
- Act 612, SB 400 – FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for certain funds in the state treasury and the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Dedicated Fund Review Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
- Act 620, HB 146 – CAPITAL OUTLAY: Defines "economic development project" for purposes of a late approval recommendation from the secretary of the Dept. of Economic Development
- Act 702, HB 821 – AIDS: Provides relative to procedures for HIV testing in cases of possible exposure in certain healthcare settings and emergency situations
- Act 715, HB 823 – DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Repeals the termination date of laws authorizing the recommendation or prescription of medical marijuana in the treatment of certain debilitating medical conditions
- Act 701, HB 817 – PUBLIC SFTY/DEPARTMENT: Requires the collection and reporting of information regarding inmate participation in certain work programs
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Act 718, SB 164 – TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to authorize the phase-in of increases in ad valorem taxation under certain circumstances
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 18(A) and (F) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to provide relative to ad valorem taxation; to provide for the reappraisal of property subject to ad valorem taxation; to require the phase-in of the amount of an increase in assessed value of certain property following reappraisal under certain circumstances; to provide...